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Company Director, Former President and CEO, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, Carrabassett Valley, Maine Prior to 2001, Mr. Briggs was the president and chief executive officer of Bangor Hydro Electric Company. He started with the company as a director in 1985 and became president and chief executive officer in 1991. Mr. Briggs became a director of the company in 2001 and is currently a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Briggs is enjoying semi-retired life in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. |
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 | | Tom Buchanan, FCA
President and CEO, Provident Energy Trust, Calgary, Ontario Mr. Buchanan serves as president and chief executive officer of Provident Energy Trust. In 1993, he established Founders Energy, which was converted into Provident Energy Trust in 2001. Mr. Buchanan is a member of Provident's Board of Directors and a director of Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. and Hawk Exploration Ltd. He is also the chairman of Renfrew Educational Services and a director of the Edge School. Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has been a director of the company since 2009. |
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| George A. Caines, Q.C.
Partner, Stewart McKelvey, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Mr. Caines is a partner in the Halifax office of Stewart McKelvey, an Atlantic Canadian law firm. Mr. Caines is currently the Chair of the Board of Nova Scotia Power Inc., a subsidiary of Emera, where he has been a Director since 1995. He is also President of the Neptune Theatre Foundation, a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, Past Chairman of the Tax Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association Nova Scotia Branch, former member of the Joint Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on Taxation. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Caines was a member of the Emera Board of Directors, returning to the Board in 2009. |
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 | | Dr. Gail Cook-Bennett, C.M.
Chair, Manulife Financial, Toronto, Ontario Dr. Cook-Bennett has been chair of Manulife Financial Corporation since October 2008. Prior to this, she was chair of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. She became a director of the company in 2004 and is chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Dr. Cook-Bennett is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. |
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 | | Allan L. Edgeworth
President, ALE Energy Inc., Calgary, Alberta Mr. Edgeworth is president of ALE Energy Inc., and is a director of AltaGas Ltd. and Pembina Pipeline. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Alliance Pipeline and he is a commission member and director of the Alberta Securities Commission. Mr. Edgeworth became a director of the company in 2005 and is a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee as well as the Audit Committee. |
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 | | Christopher G. Huskilson
President and CEO, Emera Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia Mr. Huskilson has been a director and the president and chief executive officer of Emera Inc. since 2004. He is also chairman of Bangor Hydro-Electric Company and a director of Nova Scotia Power Inc. He has held a number of other positions within Nova Scotia Power Inc. and its predecessor, Nova Scotia Power Corporation, since joining the company in 1980. As well as serving as either chair or director of a number of other Emera-affiliated companies, Mr. Huskilson also dedicates his time to such external organizations as the Greater Halifax Partnership, the Nova Scotia Community College and the Energy Council of Canada. |
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 | | John T. McLennan, Chair
Chairman, Emera Inc., Former Vice Chairman and CEO, Allstream Inc., Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia Mr. McLennan is the former vice chair and chief executive officer of Allstream Inc. and currently sits on a number of boards including Jazz Air Holding GP Inc. and Amdocs Ltd. He is also a trustee of Medisys Health Group Income Fund and Aeroplan Income Fund. He has been a director of the company since 2005 and chairman since May 2009. As well, he was chairman of the board of Nova Scotia Power Inc. from May 2006 to May 2009. Mr. McLennan was a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee as well as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from April 2005 until May 2009, when he became chair. |
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| Donald A. Pether
Company Director, former Chair of the Board and CEO, Dofasco Inc., Dundas, Ontario Mr. Pether is the former chair of the board and chief executive officer of Dofasco Inc., a Canadian steel producer . Mr. Pether is chair of the Board of Governors for McMaster University, on the council of governors for the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation and the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and a director of Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. He has been a director of the company since 2008, and a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since May 2009. |
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| Andrea S. Rosen
Company Director, Former Vice-Chair, TD Bank Financial Group and President, TD Canada Trust, Toronto, Ontario Ms. Rosen is the former vice-chair of TD Bank Financial Group and president of TD Canada Trust. She was appointed as director of the company in 2007 and is a member of Emera’s Audit Committee. Ms. Rosen is also a director of Hiscox Ltd. and Alberta Investment Management Corporation. She was appointed Audit Committee chair in April 2008. |
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| | Jackie Sheppard
Company Director, former Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs Talisman Energy Inc.
Ms. Sheppard is the former Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal of Talisman Energy Inc. She also served as Secretary to the Board, responsible for Legal Affairs, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Projects, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Corporate Responsibility and Government Affairs. Ms. Sheppard also sits on the Board of Directors of NWest Energy Inc. She has been a director of the company since 2009. She has been a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee since May 2009. |